Informed by new evidence and stylised facts about the distribution of housing-related debt across various socio-economic groups, the article discusses potential policy trade-offs between risks and opportunities associated with the regulation of mortgage markets.
In May 2020, World Development Indicators released PPP rates that convert local currency units into 2017 US PPP dollars. In this article, we raise the following question: How are the LIS figures affected by the choice of the PPP benchmark year?
Janet Gornick, in this presentation, presents an overview of resources available through LIS.
Upcoming Webinar – Hands-on data analysis in Stata with Luxembourg Wealth Study (LWS) on Thursday, August 20th, 2020 [Luxembourg Local Time: 15:00-16:15]
A new database on Family Tax Benefit has been added to the LIS Complementary Databases section.
LIS is happy to announce the launch of its online tutorial series.
Upcoming Webinar – LWS Microdata: Concepts, Measurements, and Analysis on Monday, July 27th, 2020 [Luxembourg Local Time: 15:00-16:00]
LIS is happy to announce the launch of its New Data Visualisation Tool (DART)
Hugo del Valle-Inclán Cruces is the winner of the 2019 LIS Aldi Award
This example of R code allows users to easily import and clean LIS and LWS data as well as to produce some basic indicators and charts in LISSY.